Bean Soup

Name: Bean Soup
Ingredients: 1 lb. dry beans; 2 grated carrots; 1 grated medium onion; 2 stalks celery, diced; 2 small bay leaves; 1 ham bone or ham slice (no salt)

6 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

1 lb. dry beans
2 grated carrots
1 grated medium onion
2 stalks celery, diced
2 small bay leaves
1 ham bone or ham slice (no salt)

Directions

1

Pick over beans, discarding bad ones.
2

Rinse well. Place ingredients in Dutch oven.
3

Cover with 2 quarts water.
4

Bring to boil, reduce heat.
5

Cover.
6

Simmer 2 1/2 to 3 hours or until tender.
7

More water may be needed.
8

Remove meat from bone; discard bone and bay leaves.
9

Season with salt and pepper to taste.
10

(If salt is added to beans during cooking, beans will not cook to desired consistency.)
11

Freezes very well.